Discussion about Matteo Ricci's experience
Venue
Paris - Unesco
Period
February 16, 2010
Promoters and Organizers
* Diocese of Macerata
* Foundation 'Giovanni Paolo II' for Youth
* Committee for the celebrations on the occasion of the IV centenary of the death of Padre Matteo Ricci
* The region of Marche
UNESCO celebrated the 400th anniversary of Matteo Ricci's death with a symposium and the opening of an exhibition. More than 700 people convened for the celebration on February 16 at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris. The event began with an introduction by Stanislaw Cardinal Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the laity, entitled: On friendship, a method for the encounter. Reflections on Matteo Ricci's experience. The cardinal noted how the Jesuit earned admiration both in China and in Europe "for having opened the road to the encounter of two cultures, accomplishing something no one had done before." The day continued with the screening of a documentary film by Gjon Kolndrekaj, Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit in the Reign of the Dragoon and the opening of the exposition Father Matteo Ricci: at the service of the Lord of Heaven. The exhibition will travel next to Lisieux, where it will remain until June; in September it will move to Korea, as a perpetual sign of the dialogue among peoples fostered by Matteo Ricci.
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